Chessmaster 6000
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- Mindscape
- Mattel Interactive (Mac)
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| Developer(s) | Mindscape |
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| Series | Chessmaster |
| Platform(s) | Windows, Classic Mac OS |
| Release | 1998 (Win) 2000 (Mac) |
| Genre(s) | Computer chess |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Chessmaster 6000 is a 1998 chess video game developed and published by Mindscape for the Windows operating system. It is part of the Chessmaster series. The Classic Mac OS port was published by Mattel Interactive in 2000.[1]
The game's database includes over 300,000 matches.[2] Chessmaster 6000 expands the tutorials from previous game, adding more topics. All the tutorials feature voice commentary. International Master Joshua Waitzkin, voice-annotates 14 chess matches.[3] For computer opponents, there are 64 "personalities" that simulate a human opponent by having a biography, photo, rating, and playing style. By playing against computer opponents, players are rated similarly to real-life tournament chess.[2] Other features include the natural-language advice option, which analyzes the position and suggests moves; auto-annotate, which builds an analysis of a game or position; Opening Book, a database coach that identifies openings and demonstrates how the game can proceed. The internet multiplayer component, Chessmaster Live, is again included but was done this time through MPlayer.com service instead of Mindscape's own servers.[3] Internet play is not included in the Macintosh version.[1]